Situated along España Extension, the school admitted its first primary school pupils in 1932 and drew children from the rapidly growing communities of New Manila, Kamuning and San Juan. Under the leadership of its first school directress, Mother Magdala Verhuizen, the academy opened the high school department the following year. During the Japanese occupation, the school was closed down, the Dutch
sisters interned in Los Baños, and the buildings were used as a mini-military hospital by the Japanese army and later by the US military. SJA officially became St. Joseph ’s College of Quezon City in 1948 with the opening of the college department which offered programs in education, liberal arts, secretarial science, and music. Institutional Learning Outcomes
St. Joseph’s College of Quezon City (SJCQC) is committed to the following Institutional Learning Outcomes in Higher Education:
* Promote social and personal transformation in the light of Christian
values;
* Develop methods of inquiry, study, discovery and learning which are
dialogic and democratic, free and scientific, systematic and effective;
Demonstrate ethical standards in conducting research; utilize results in
improving school processes, local, national and global communities;
* Engage in and sustain community involvement activities as agents of
social change for the upliftment of the poor and marginalized groups
in the service of God and country.
* Appreciate, preserve and promote Philippine arts and culture, on
national and global levels;
* Develop social consciousness and a sense of responsiveness and
mindfulness of national and global issues; and,
* Promote people empowerment for sustainable development.
